By Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg News
Martin Shkreli’s new strategy to defend himself against criminal fraud charges is to blame his lawyers.
The 33-year-old founder of Retrophin and Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, who’s been dubbed in the media as the “most hated man in America” for raising the price of a potentially life-saving drug by 5,000 percent, asked for a court order to force his former law firm to turn over three years’ worth of documents. He says the evidence will help clear him.
“Shkreli sought and received his lawyers’ legal advice and he followed it,” his lawyers, Ben Brafman and Marc ...
Learn more about Bloomberg Law or Log In to keep reading:
Learn About Bloomberg Law
AI-powered legal analytics, workflow tools and premium legal & business news.
Already a subscriber?
Log in to keep reading or access research tools.